Upcoming Events

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 21, 2025, 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Description

New to Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Tools? Join this session to learn how to create accessible content using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. We’ll walk you through...

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Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 21, 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Description

For faculty who are new to teaching with Blackboard Ultra, getting started may feel overwhelming. During this webinar, Instructional Technology staff will review the basics of Ultra to ensure your...

View Event Details for New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard Ultra

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 22, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join our workshop as we explore Microsoft Teams and learn how to communicate, collaborate, and utilize our integration with Blackboard to create a seamless and interactive learning environment for...

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View Event Details for Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 25, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join this 45 minute session to review Ultra assessment tools to prepare your course, including the following topics: Create and Customize Tests Set Up Assignments with New Features Build...

View Event Details for Ultra Essentials: Create Assessments in Blackboard Ultra

Aug

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

August 27, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

This drop-in session provides time for questions, live demos, and individual support for faculty navigating digital accessibility in their courses. Get targeted help with digital accessibility in...

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Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 8, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

Join USM's Digital Accessibility September Sprint, focusing on Headings. Bring your top 5 documents that you share with others and that might need remediation. For faculty, this may be your...

View Event Details for Fix Your Document Headings: Digital Accessibility Remediation Sprint

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 9, 2025, 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Description

Are you new to Google Meet? Join this session to learn how to get started with this video conferencing tool for teaching, office hours, or meetings. The following topics will be covered:...

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Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 10, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you wondering how to make the Blackboard Gradebook work with the grading plan in your syllabus? Join us in this 45-minute Ultra webinar, where we’ll dive into the key aspects of the Blackboard...

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Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 11, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

New to PDF remediation or looking for a quick refresher? This session will guide you through the essential steps to make existing PDFs accessible---perfect for scanned articles, legacy documents,...

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View Event Details for PDFs That Work: Remediation Tools and Techniques

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 15, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

How confident are you that your students can access, understand, and act on your assessment feedback? Do you ever wonder whether students are reviewing the feedback you provide? Feedback is...

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Upcoming Events

Create Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Tools

New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard Ultra

New to Ultra? No problem! Get your course ready for day 1

Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Explore this exciting session on MS Teams

Ultra Essentials: Create Assessments in Blackboard Ultra

Get started with tests, assignments, rubrics, and more

Ask Me Anything: Accessibility Drop-In Support

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Fix Your Document Headings: Digital Accessibility Remediation Sprint

Join the September Remediation Sprint sponsored by USM

Getting Started with Google Meet

Learn how to create meetings and support student engagement

Blackboard Ultra Gradebook Essentials

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

PDFs That Work: Remediation Tools and Techniques

Learn how to Remediate Content with Adobe Acrobat

Closing the Loop: Designing Accessible Feedback for All Learners

Turn your feedback into a powerful tool for mastery

New to Ultra? No problem! Get your course ready for day 1

Explore this exciting session on MS Teams

Get started with tests, assignments, rubrics, and more

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Join the September Remediation Sprint sponsored by USM

Learn how to create meetings and support student engagement

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

Learn how to Remediate Content with Adobe Acrobat

Turn your feedback into a powerful tool for mastery

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